Rotterdam, 20 October 2016 – Amsterdam Commodities NV (Acomo), the Euronext-listed trading house, announces that Erik Rietkerk has informed the Supervisory Board he will not be available for a new term as CEO after May 2017. Erik Rietkerk joined Acomo in 2013, switching from the production and trade of palm oil and oleochemical products to...

Major events and developments H1 2016 Food commodity pricing was volatile in the first six months of 2016 due to the influence of El Niño. While various spice and tea price levels rose, in some cases significantly, other commodities such as nuts went down in price and then stabilized later in the period. Prices of...

The Annual General Meeting of shareholders (AGM), held on 26 April 2016, adopted the 2015 financial statements and determined the dividend due to holders of ordinary shares for the 2015 financial year at EUR 1.00 per share. After deduction of the interim dividend of EUR 0.40, which was paid out in August 2015, the final dividend amounts to...

Today Acomo published a short Dutch version of the annual report 2015. The full 2015 annual report and the short version of the report in Dutch can be downloaded at www.acomo.nl/investor-publications/.

The Home Member State of Amsterdam Commodities N.V. for the purposes of the Transparency Directive of the European Union (Directive 2004/109/EC, as amended) is the Netherlands. Download press release (UK and NL)

Today Acomo published its 2015 annual report, which includes full details on the company’s 2015 results. The 2015 annual report can be downloaded at www.acomo.nl/investor-publications/. A printed edition and a Dutch summary will be available in the coming weeks. The agenda for the annual general meeting on 26 April 2016 is available on www.acomo.nl/financial-agenda/.

In 2015, consolidated sales of Amsterdam Commodities N.V. (Acomo) increased by 10.1% to € 681.6 million (2014: € 618.9 million). The total gross margin increased by 8.0%, keeping gross margin as a percentage of sales close to last year. The absolute increase was mainly due to the stronger US dollar and a different product mix. 2015’s net...

Amsterdam Commodities N.V. (Acomo), the Euronext Amsterdam-listed spices, nuts, tea and food ingredients trading group, has taken its first step into the Indian market via subsidiary Van Rees Group (VRG). A newly established VRG subsidiary has acquired the assets of Container Tea & Commodities (CT&C), which is based in Coonoor in India. The move, to be considered as...